Best PlacesCircleville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Circleville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Circleville ranks 10,393rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Circleville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Circleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Circleville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$113,065 median, better than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
Where Circleville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Circleville
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Circleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $113,065; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Circleville's effective rate of 2.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Circleville
Circleville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Circleville.
Who works in Circleville, and how
Work in Circleville centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Circleville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Circleville.
What the weather is like in Circleville, month by month
Circleville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Circleville
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Circleville
Schools across Circleville average a B−, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pakanasink Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Circleville Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Presidential Park Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monhagen Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Circleville Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine Bush Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Middletown High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Circleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Circleville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Circleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Circleville
Is Circleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Circleville ranks 10,393rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Circleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,037. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $113,065 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Circleville safe?
Yes, Circleville is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Circleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Circleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Circleville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Circleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Circleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Circleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Circleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Circleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Circleville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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